Discovering Ukelele



05 Jul 2022 (Last Modified 15 Dec 2024)


Discovering Ukelele

When I Bought a Ukelele

2018, I bought a ukelele at Ukelele Puapua when my soon-to-be wife and I visited Oahu to research wedding venues. I bought a Kala ukelele to try out a new string instrument. I passably play the guitar and bass. When our first daughter came, I thought it wiser to play the ukelele for her than the guitar. She was curious and I thought she might hurt herself exploring the guitar. An acoustic guitar weighs about 5 pounds. A ukelele weighs about one pound.

2024. I bought a guitarlele and baritone ukelele.

Ukelele Corner

  1. Sitting Position
  2. Playing Delta Blues
  3. 5 Scales to Practice
  4. Hawai’i Pono’i
  5. Simple Gifts
  6. 24 Major Chords
  7. Left Hand Finger Stretch (Watching: I; Doing Exercises: )
  8. CAGED, YT playlist
  9. How to Barre
  10. Ukelele Corner live session on finger exercises
  11. UCA Live: Scarborough Fair
  12. Sor Study No. 25

Videos from Ukelele Magazine

  1. Chopsticks with Benny Chong and backstory and more backstory
  2. Jazz on a uke

    The Books I’ve Used

Etudes

  1. Etude op 44. No .2 by Fernando Sor.
  2. Gnoissienne No. 1 by Erik Satie.
  3. Ukelele Chord Generator
  4. Girl from Ipanema
  5. Ahe Lau Makani, link to arranger
  6. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, another version
  7. Jeff Peterson, Na Mele
  8. Bluesy Riff
  9. Fred Sokolow, Remember Me (Coco) and his book
  10. Good Ukulele Position
  11. Daniel Ward, and his pentatonic lesson